Biomechanics of the shoulder in youth baseball pitchers: Implications for the development of proximal humeral epiphysiolysis and humeral retrotorsion

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1716-1722

  Sabick, Michelle B ^a,b   Kim, Young Kyu ^c   Torry, Michael R ^a   Keirns, Michael A ^d   Hawkins, Richard J ^a,e  

^a STEADMAN HAWKINS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b Boise State University   (United States)

^c Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e THE STEADMAN CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Humerus; Pitching mechanics; Proximal humeral epiphysiolysis; Retrotorsion; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIPHYSIOLYSIS; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS; MALE; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PITCHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROTORSION; SHEAR STRESS; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SIMULATION; TORSION;

BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; EPIPHYSES, SLIPPED; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MALE; SHOULDER JOINT; TORQUE; TORSION;

EID: 27544454101     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546505275347     Document Type: Article

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